A 16-year-old Green Oak Township boy is fighting for his life after a car fell on him Thursday evening, police said.

The teen, whose name was not released, was working on a 2004 Ford Focus in the driveway of his home when "the jack failed and the car fell on top of him," said Green Oak Police Chief Jason Pless.

Pless said his officers, along with the Green Oak Fire Department, were dispatched to the 13000 block of Sequoia, off Ten Mile Road east of Rushton Road about 6:50 p.m. after family members called 911.

The teen was taken by ambulance to Providence Park Hospital in Novi and flown to Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where he remains with "life-threatening" injuries, Pless said.